Switching Schools: Has the grass been greener?

[Anonymous]

As we are ramping up for another lottery season... for those of you who switched schools this year (or in other years), was the grass greener?

[Anonymous]

Overall yes, but it is not better in every way. The old school had some real advantages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Overall yes, but it is not better in every way. The old school had some real advantages.

Agreed. No regrets we switched though

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Overall yes, but it is not better in every way. The old school had some real advantages.

Agreed. No regrets we switched though

Ditto.

[Anonymous]

this is an impossible question. for every family that is happy about their switch, there will be one that is playing the lottery again.

From my perspective: we stick with our school until we have a clear cut reason not to. That meant we switched our kid after being very involved at their old school, but it went downhill for them and after a nightmare year we were lucky enough to get a spot at a charter. We are still there years later even as others are moving for other schools that go through 12th, because it's working for us and the kid is doing great.

No school will ever be perfect for every family. If you have no tolerance for that, you'll never be happy.

[Anonymous]

Overall, yes. Switching schools has solved some issues and hasn't created any new ones. The new school is further away than the old school, so some of the convenience is gone, but that alone wouldn't have made the grass green.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Our kids seem happier, and we're closer. No transition is easy, and the kids took a few weeks to start to adjust but are pretty settled in now.

Last year we talked to 3-4 families who had done the same switch and their feedback ranged from positive to ecstatic, so we were pretty confident of what we were heading into.

[Anonymous]

Yes, much greener. After we saw how how DC flourished after we switched, I regretted not doing it sooner.

[Anonymous]

Switchers, do you feel like regret or commitment to your choice is more natural? I'm trying to better interpret posters' responses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Switchers, do you feel like regret or commitment to your choice is more natural? I'm trying to better interpret posters' responses.

Commitment is more natural because people switch for real reasons. Regret usually happens when something bad is unforeseen.

I will say we switched for a better middle school, but not actually being in the middle school, I can't say for sure. The elementary is certainly no worse than our old school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Switchers, do you feel like regret or commitment to your choice is more natural? I'm trying to better interpret posters' responses.

Your vague thread isn't going to yield any responses that help. What exactly is your situation? Are you thinking of switching? Are you mad at switchers who left your school and you want vindication that they have regrets? Tell us your specific hope/fear about switching and maybe someone will have responses that actually offer some insight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Switchers, do you feel like regret or commitment to your choice is more natural? I'm trying to better interpret posters' responses.

Commitment is more natural because people switch for real reasons. Regret usually happens when something bad is unforeseen.

I will say we switched for a better middle school, but not actually being in the middle school, I can't say for sure. The elementary is certainly no worse than our old school.

There are many things I miss at our old school. But there were real reasons I switched. The grass is greener thing maybe applies to PK students switching from one hrcs to another. After that, people switch because what they have isn't working. If it was working, they wouldn't switch - elementary school communities are hard to leave.

[Anonymous]

It's been a few years but we had incredible luck in the lottery. Switched from our #2 choice to our #1 choice.

No regrets.

[Anonymous]

Yes in terms of realizing my child although bright, has found some competition.

I can’t believe how watered down our former EOTP school tailors their curriculums (grading assessments) to ensure everyone gets a good score.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Switchers, do you feel like regret or commitment to your choice is more natural? I'm trying to better interpret posters' responses.

Commitment is more natural because people switch for real reasons. Regret usually happens when something bad is unforeseen.

I will say we switched for a better middle school, but not actually being in the middle school, I can't say for sure. The elementary is certainly no worse than our old school.

There are many things I miss at our old school. But there were real reasons I switched. The grass is greener thing maybe applies to PK students switching from one hrcs to another. After that, people switch because what they have isn't working. If it was working, they wouldn't switch - elementary school communities are hard to leave.

There are a lot of school without much sense of community charters as well as dcps. So, not a major factor for everyone.